Great little reflection from Nadia Bolz-Weber of the God’s Politics Blog about worshiping in a prison:
I’m always a bit anxious in new worship environments. As I settle into my plastic chair at New Beginnings Lutheran Church, I realize that now is certainly no different. At least, I think to myself, my cell phone won’t go off in worship; it was confiscated by the guard before I went through the metal detector.
New Beginnings is a congregation on the inside of the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility, and I’ve come with three others from my own community to share in their worship service. My anxiety is not at all lessened by the praise music – of which I have an almost irrational aversion – coming out of the jam box behind the purple-draped alter. Seriously, I’m sinfully snotty about this issue.
Thoughts?
